AP Biology 2006-2007 DNA The Genetic Material
Welcome message from author
This document is posted to help you gain knowledge. Please leave a comment to let me know what you think about it! Share it to your friends and learn new things together.
Transcript
AP Biology 2006-2007
DNA
The Genetic Material
AP Biology
Scientific History
The march to understanding that DNA is
the genetic material
T.H. Morgan (1908)
Frederick Griffith (1928)
Avery, McCarty & MacLeod (1944)
Erwin Chargaff (1947)
Hershey & Chase (1952)
Watson & Crick (1953)
Meselson & Stahl (1958)
AP Biology
Chromosomes related to phenotype
T.H. Morgan
working with Drosophila
fruit flies
associated phenotype with
specific chromosome
white-eyed male had specific
X chromosome
1908 | 1933
AP Biology
Genes are on chromosomes
Morgan’s conclusions
genes are on chromosomes
but is it the protein or the
DNA of the chromosomes
that are the genes?
initially proteins were thought
to be genetic material…
Why?
1908 | 1933
What’s so impressiveabout proteins?!
AP Biology
The “Transforming Principle” 1928
Frederick Griffith
Streptococcus pneumonia bacteria was working to find cure for pneumonia
harmless live bacteria (“rough”)
mixed with heat-killed pathogenic
bacteria (“smooth”) causes fatal
disease in mice
a substance passed from dead
bacteria to live bacteria to change
their phenotype
“Transforming Principle”
AP Biology
The “Transforming Principle”
Transformation = change in phenotype
something in heat-killed bacteria could still transmit
disease-causing properties
live pathogenicstrain of bacteria
live non-pathogenicstrain of bacteria
mice die mice live
heat-killed pathogenic bacteria
mix heat-killed pathogenic & non-pathogenicbacteria
mice live mice die
A. B. C. D.
AP Biology
DNA is the “Transforming Principle”
Avery, McCarty & MacLeod
purified both DNA & proteins separately from
Streptococcus pneumonia bacteria
which will transform non-pathogenic bacteria?
injected protein into bacteria
no effect
injected DNA into bacteria
transformed harmless bacteria into
virulent bacteria
1944
What’s theconclusion?
mice die
AP BiologyOswald Avery Maclyn McCarty Colin MacLeod
Avery, McCarty & MacLeod Conclusion
first experimental evidence that DNA was the genetic material
1944 | ??!!
AP Biology
Confirmation of DNA
Hershey & Chase
classic “blender” experiment
worked with bacteriophage
viruses that infect bacteria
grew phage viruses in 2 media,
radioactively labeled with either
35S in their proteins
32P in their DNA
infected bacteria with
labeled phages
1952 | 1969Hershey
Why useSulfurvs.
Phosphorus?
AP Biology
Protein coat labeledwith 35S
DNA labeled with 32P
bacteriophages infectbacterial cells
T2 bacteriophagesare labeled with
radioactive isotopesS vs. P
bacterial cells are agitatedto remove viral protein coats
35S radioactivityfound in the medium
32P radioactivity foundin the bacterial cells
Which radioactive marker is found inside the cell?
Which molecule carries viral genetic info?
Hershey
& Chase
AP Biology
AP Biology
Blender experiment
Radioactive phage & bacteria in blender
35S phage
radioactive proteins stayed in supernatant
therefore viral protein did NOT enter bacteria
32P phage
radioactive DNA stayed in pellet
therefore viral DNA did enter bacteria
Confirmed DNA is “transforming factor”
Taaa-Daaa!
AP Biology
Hershey & Chase
Alfred HersheyMartha Chase
1952 | 1969Hershey
AP Biology
Chargaff
DNA composition: “Chargaff’s rules”
varies from species to species
all 4 bases not in equal quantity
bases present in characteristic ratio
humans:
A = 30.9%
T = 29.4%
G = 19.9%
C = 19.8%
1947
That’s interesting!What do you notice?
RulesA = TC = G
AP Biology
Structure of DNA
Watson & Crick
developed double helix model of DNA
other leading scientists working on question:
Rosalind Franklin
Maurice Wilkins
Linus Pauling
1953 | 1962
Franklin Wilkins Pauling
AP Biology
Watson and Crick1953 article in Nature
CrickWatson
AP Biology
Rosalind Franklin (1920-1958)
AP Biology
But how is DNA copied?
Replication of DNA
base pairing suggests
that it will allow each
side to serve as a
template for a new
strand
“It has not escaped our notice that the specific pairing we have postulated
immediately suggests a possible copying mechanism for the genetic
material.” — Watson & Crick
AP Biology
Models of DNA Replication Alternative models
become experimental predictions
conservative semiconservative
Can you designa nifty experiment
to verify?
dispersive
1
2
P
AP Biology
Semiconservative replication Meselson & Stahl
label “parent” nucleotides in DNA strands with heavy nitrogen = 15N
label new nucleotides with lighter isotope = 14N
“The Most Beautiful Experiment in Biology”
1958
parent replicationMake predictions…
15N parent
strands
15N/15N
AP Biology
Predictions
1st round of
replication
conservative
15N/15N
14N/14N
semi-
conservative
15N/14N
dispersive
15N/14N
conservative
15N/15N
14N/14N
semi-
conservative
15N/14N
dispersive
15N/14N
2nd round of
replication
14N/14N
15N parent
strands
15N/15N
1
2
P
AP Biology
Franklin Stahl
Matthew Meselson
Matthew Meselson Franklin Stahl
Meselson & Stahl
AP Biology
Scientific History March to understanding that DNA is the genetic material
T.H. Morgan (1908)
genes are on chromosomes
Frederick Griffith (1928)
a transforming factor can change phenotype
Avery, McCarty & MacLeod (1944)
transforming factor is DNA
Erwin Chargaff (1947)
Chargaff rules: A = T, C = G
Hershey & Chase (1952)
confirmation that DNA is genetic material
Watson & Crick (1953)
determined double helix structure of DNA
Meselson & Stahl (1958)
semi-conservative replication
AP Biology
proteinRNA
The “Central Dogma”
DNA
transcription translation
replication
Flow of genetic information in a cell
AP Biology 2006-2007
Science …. Fun
Party Time!
Any Questions??
AP Biology 2006-2007
Ghosts of Lectures Past
(storage)
AP Biology
Semiconservative replication Meselson & Stahl
label “parent” nucleotides in DNA strands with heavy nitrogen = 15N
label new nucleotides with lighter isotope = 14N
“The Most Beautiful Experiment in Biology”
1958
parent replication
15N parent
strands
15N/15N
AP Biology
Semiconservative replication
Make predictions…
15N strands replicated in 14N medium
1st round of replication?
2nd round?
1958
where should the bands be?
Related Documents
